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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Bank of America, Pandora and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. They include Apple, Bank of America, Pandora Media, Staples and Smith & ...
BankUnited Shares Trading Lower After Company Announced 1.5M Share Secondary Offering of Common Stock
BankUnited (NYSE: BKU ) (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company") announced today the commencement of an underwritten offering of 10,307,197 shares of its common stock by investment funds ...
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cliffs, Dendreon, Magna, Santander, SunEdison and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The include Coca-Cola, Dendreon, Procter & Gamble, SunEdison and 21st Century ...
UBS Has Five Stocks to Sell Into Volatility
24/7 Wall St. has closely monitored Wall Street Sell ratings and noticed what seems to be a pickup in the sheer number of calls from firms that we cover. Here is a list of some the top stocks on which ...
Five Star Stock Watch: Groupon
Groupon's stock had been flying high up until its peak in September of last year. After a rough selloff, the stock then tried to retake its high in January only to fall short at the same peak. A disappointing ...
Play Ball, Make Money
As the spring training baseball games start in earnest, it might be useful to see what lessons from America's pastime can make us better investors. There are many similarities between the game of baseball ...
Five Top Nasdaq Stocks In February
The new year has proved to be a volatile one on the stock markets. The Nasdaq is no exception, swinging down and up some 300 points in the first two months of 2014. Here is a quick look at five of the ...
The Top Five Dow Stocks In February
The new year has proved to be a volatile one on the stock markets. After seeing a sizable correction in January, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are again hitting or near all-time highs. ...
UPDATE: Bank of America Moves to No Rating on TriQuint Semiconductor Following Merger with RF Micro Devices
In a report published Monday, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya moved to No Rating on TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT ). In the report, Bank of America noted, “TriQuint Semiconductor (TQNT) and RF ...
Short Sellers Pick Up Some Avon And Rite Aid (AVP, RAD, SVU)
Among the struggling U.S.-based retailers, Avon Products (NYSE: AVP ), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD ) and SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU ) saw significant swings in short interest between the January 31 and February 14 settlement ...
Overvaluing Liquidity: Invest For The Future, Not For Today
If you talk to individual investors about which stocks they own, you will undoubtedly hear a recitation of the same stocks that dominate the financial media on a daily basis. Everyone owns and trades stocks ...
Mid-Day Market Update: Dow Surges Over 100 Points; Deckers Shares Slip After Disappointing Outlook
Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.70 percent to 16,386.76 while the NASDAQ surged 0.44 percent to 4,338.01. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.69 percent to 1,867.06. Leading and Lagging Sectors ...
3 Reasons IdaCorp Is Appealing For Patient Investors
Even though IdaCorp (NYSE: IDA ) has a low beta of 0.46, the share price has still moved nearly 25 percent over the last 52 weeks of market action. IdaCorp, a power company based in Boise, is now at its ...
Varonis Systems: Friday’s Hot IPO
Enterprise software maker Varonis Systems held its initial public offering Friday morning. The company sold 4.8 million shares at an IPO price of $22, which was above the recently raised expected range ...
Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Rise; Pepco Posts Higher Profit
Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.51 percent to 16,355.94 while the NASDAQ gained 0.45 percent to 4,338.29. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.50 percent to 1,863.48. Leading and Lagging ...
A Punishing Compugen Secondary Offering to Raise Cash
Compugen is raising close to $60 million in a secondary offering, but at a punishing price to any new shareholders who bought into this week's strength.
More Big Moves In Social Media Short Interest (LNKD, TWTR, ZNGA)
Early February saw resumed interest by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States, particularly LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD ), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR ) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA ). ...
Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund Announces Tender Offer for 20% of its Shares
Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. (NYSE: APF ) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a tender offer to acquire in exchange for cash up to 20 percent of the Fund's outstanding shares ...
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend and Stock Repurchase Program
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCBG ) announced today that its Board of Directors approved the reinstatement of a quarterly cash dividend as well as a new stock repurchase program. The Board declared ...
Simplicity Bancorp Announces Sixth Stock Repurchase Program
Simplicity Bancorp (Nasdaq: SMPL), the holding company for Simplicity Bank (the "Bank"), announced today that its Board of Directors authorized the sixth stock repurchase program pursuant to ...
